Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.

1. In the village of Negamam in the Coimbatore District there are two factions and there is strong enmity between them. Their enmity dates back to the Legislative Assembly elections held in 1934, if not earlier. At the present time the factions are opposing one another with regard to the management of an institution known as the Lakshmi Vilas and Dravyasagaya Nidhi. Limited and the management of a temple known as the Kannikaparameswari temple. On the 23rd September, 1938, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Pollachi served notice on twelve persons under Section 112 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, calling upon them to show cause why they should not be ordered to execute security bonds under Section 107. According to an affidavit of the petitioner in Crl. R.C. No. 245 of 1939 filed in the present proceedings rioting had taken place on that day. The accusations against these twelve persons, who have been referred to as the counter-petitioners, are set out in paragraph 3 of the petitioners affidavit which reads as follows:

The counter-petitioners 1 to 12 noted in column 4 who are residents within the jurisdiction of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Poll